17 more patients succumb to Covid-19 as Kenya records 302 cases

Kenya has registered 302 new coronavirus cases .

In a statement issued on Monday, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said that the new cases are from a sample size of 3,038 tested in the last 24 hours.

The total number of confirmed positive cases in the country now stands at 83,618.

“The cumulative tests are now 888,971. From the cases 286 are Kenyans while 16 are foreigners, ” the statement read.

At the same time, 369 more patients have recovered from the disease, 287 from the Home-Based Care Program, while 82 have been discharged from various hospitals.

This brings to 55,344 the total number of recoveries recorded so far in the country.

The CS revealed that currently, there are 1,282 patients admitted in various health facilities countrywide and 8,405 on Home Based Isolation and Care.

“72 patients are in Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 47 of whom are on ventilatory support, and 23 on supplemental oxygen, ” he said.

“92 patients are separately on supplementary oxygen out of whom 72 are in the general wards. 20 are in High Dependency Unit (HDU).”